The same are all ducks, why is the price gap so large? Dutch Cole duck, the market price of about 20,000 yuan, is generally fed as a pet, and the local Chinese hemp duck, the price in the market is 28 yuan a catty, generally will be sent to the table by people. It is also called duck, why is the gap between the two so large?
Comparison of native ducks and Cole ducks
The difference in appearance between Cole Duck and Ma Duck
Do you know Cole Duck? Even if you have not raised Cole duck, but you must have used cole duck memes, in 2018, cole duck because of the high price was Wang Sicong in the small area of fire on the ins, and then Wang Luodan's lost pet duck was stolen by passers-by to make food to eat, this matter spread too widely to the news.
The Cole duck has only just come into people's sight and mixed in the five-figure value among niche pets, but how is it different from the duck we usually eat, so that so many people can hold it in the palm of their hands?
First of all, in terms of appearance, the size of the Cole duck is much smaller than that of the Chinese hemp duck, and the volume and weight are smaller than the meat duck of the same age, unlike the meat duck's monthly expansion of long meat, the Cole duck has a strict body management of itself. Cole ducks can sexually mature in about seven months, and then they can maintain a weight of between five hundred grams and eight hundred grams.
Cole Duck
Due to its petite stature and slightly larger than a pigeon, it can often be taken away with a hand, and the space required will not be very large, in addition, the proportion of Cole duck and meat duck is also different.
There is a concept called baby icon, which means that the baby has a large and round head, a fleshy face, large eyes and a small mouth, and the more obvious the baby icon, the higher the cuteness index.
Cole duck is like this, the head and face are round, the chest is also fleshy, the neck and legs are relatively short, the center of gravity of the whole duck is in the front, plus the whole body snow white lines are smooth, as if it is from the cartoon out of the image, cute and smart, and the neck and legs of the Chinese duck are relatively long.
In addition, the mouth of the Chinese hemp duck is mostly about 6 centimeters, while the mouth of the Cole duck is small and delicate at about 2.5 centimeters. Cole Duck has won many championships in poultry competitions with its cute looks, and even developed a set of pricing standards based on the length of the mouth, the shorter the mouth, the higher the level, the more expensive the market price.
Native ducks
In addition to the difference in appearance, the difference in living habits is also the reason why the price difference between the two is too large, so how big is the gap between the living habits of The Cole Duck and the Chinese Hemp Duck?
The difference in the habits of Cole ducks and hemp ducks
Although the Cole duck is a pet, but also a waterfowl, is raised in the house, bathing conditions are indispensable, bathing every day can help the feather cleaning and sterilization, so that the Cole duck is not easy to get sick, and the Chinese duck is relatively large compared to the Cole duck, it also needs more open water.
Cole duck and hemp duck is not picky eaters good feeding, but also need the owner's careful care, it is this dependence and need, will hit the heart of the pet, Cole duck does not recognize life, and people are very close, but the Chinese hemp duck due to different growth environment, from childhood free range, closer to wild, aggressive, more afraid of people.
Cole Duck
If you take the Chinese duck and the Cole duck out for a walk, the Cole duck will follow the owner's footsteps and will not be stressed by the crowd of onlookers, while the Chinese hemp duck will scurry around and try to avoid the crowd, which is why people take the Cole duck as a pet and take the Chinese hemp duck as an ingredient.
This is actually a kind of pressure instinct of the phenomenon of imprinting, and the newborn cubs in nature will recognize and follow the first moving object they see. Cole duck was raised by the owner from childhood, naturally only very close to the owner, where to go, another person will not follow, but obediently stand in place waiting for the master.
Chinese hemp duck
In fact, the Chinese duck is also OK, but only for the farmers fed in the farm, we will often see that when the regular feeding of the farmers shout, a group of ducks will rush to eat. Another person faces the duck, not to mention standing there and waiting for people to come back, and even directly scatter the servants to hide far away.
Cole duck is very cute and clingy, and the Chinese duck is only slightly quieter when it is with the same kind, seeing that people are eager to hide far away, it is no wonder that one is treated as a pet and one can only become an ingredient.
In addition to living habits, the cost of feeding between the two is simply different from cloud mud. So, how big is the price gap between Cole duck and Chinese hemp duck?
The difference in the cost of raising Cole ducks and hemp ducks
Cole Duck
The two kinds of ducks are also very different in terms of feeding costs, Cole ducks, like most pets, are also priced by appearance, and if the quality is better, the more expensive the price, and a mature Cole duck is basically between fifteen and twenty thousand yuan.
Of course, there are also cost-effective breeding methods, you can hatch duck eggs by yourself, a Cole duck duck egg is between five hundred and one thousand yuan, hatching duck eggs often takes a month, you may face hatching failure, resulting in a month of hard work all in vain.
You can also choose to start from the duck, the price of a small Cole duck is about two or three thousand yuan, the survival rate will be higher than the hatching egg, from the yellow ducklet to the white Cole duck, you can also experience the fun of cultivation, but the appearance after the cultivation depends on luck, if it is better to raise, a Cole duck can accompany the owner for about ten years.
Hemp duck farming
Chinese hemp duck is generally raised by farms or individuals, these ducks are basically used to lay eggs or eat meat, the duck eggs in the farm are the mother ducks who hatch their own eggs after laying eggs, and the duck seedlings are usually in the range of five to ten yuan, the price is very cheap, and the survival rate is also very high. There are also some ducks that are bought directly, and the adult ducks are about sixty yuan.
Ducks are not like cats and dogs that will be excreted at a fixed point, ducks are rectal animals, can not control their own excretion, and even will eat while pulling, in the farm of the Chinese hemp duck pulled on the ground does not matter, only need to breed personnel regularly clean up on the line, but the family of Cole ducks need to be constantly cleaned by the owner, otherwise the home will be chaotic to affect daily life.
The pet market is to see this business opportunity, and has produced a special diaper for ducks, which is much higher in cost than Chinese hemp duck.
Hemp duck
Chinese hemp duck and Cole duck are omnivorous animals, not picky eaters, but Cole duck because the mouth is relatively small, so the things to eat need to be broken by the owner, otherwise it can not be eaten, but also need to eat some specific health sand, hemp duck can naturally eat sand grains in the outdoor environment to grind the food in the stomach, Cole duck can only be artificially fed at home.
As a new type of pet, consumers must pay attention to, such as whether the merchant can provide quarantine procedures when purchasing, how to ensure that the goods bought are real breeds, and so on.